Highway Designation File

Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
30.656 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 256

Minute order 021215, dated 06/13/1945 (date of agreement)

From Colmesneil through Dies to US 287. (Tyler County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 033435, dated 12/17/1952, Adm. Auth., 01/29/1953

From US 287 northeastward via Dies to Colmesneil thence eastward and southeastward to US 190, a distance of approximately 21.0 miles. (Tyler County)  Extended approximately 2.0 miles to US 190. FM 1417 cancelled and combined, adding approximately 10.8 miles.



Minute Order 048493, dated 10/19/1960, Adm. Auth., dated 10/19/1960, Adm. Cir. 165-1960

From US 190 northeastward of Woodville, northwestward to US 69 at Colmesneil and southwestward and southerly to US 190; and from another point on US 190, southward a total distance of approximately 31.2 miles. (Tyler County) Extended southward approximately 3.5 miles from US 287 to end of FM 257; FM 257 cancelled and combined adding approximately 7.0 miles.